TORBWine logo - is Ric unwell?

DJ · Post by DJ » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:10 am

I just noticed the logo on Ric's site (www.torbwine.com) Grange - no problem, Cullen - no problem but what on earth is the third label :shock:

Jacob's Creek, pink and may be a sparkling bottle (hard to tell). Oh dear I hope Ric is okay - surely just a computer glitch. :lol:

Red Bigot · Post by **Red Bigot** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:29 am

You've only just noticed? :-)

It took me quite a while to get that logo the way Ric wanted it when he changed to his new site format, quite a long time ago now. I asked the same question at the time, I think he muttered something like "sublime to the ridiculous" but I'm sure he'll give a reason, if he can remember that far back. ;-)

Wine Girl · Post by **Wine Girl** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:41 pm

I thought I was the only who would notice such a minor detail and wonder "what the heck?"! It is JC Sparkling Rose, and I would love to hear the explanation for it being there.

roughred · Post by **roughred** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:53 pm

Hey don't knock the pink & fizzy...

If Ric wants to get in touch with his fenimine side, I say go for it...chicks dig a sensitive man (apparently)

Red Bigot · Post by **Red Bigot** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:11 pm

Wine Girl wrote:I thought I was the only who would notice such a minor detail and wonder "what the heck?"! It is JC Sparkling Rose, and I would love to hear the explanation for it being there.

Well, it's been just on 12 months since it appeared on Ric's site, so maybe it was a test to see who noticed the bizarre choice (it is indeed Jacob's Creek Sparkling Rose).
I actually wanted to use this version of the logo:

DJ · Post by DJ » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:49 pm

Red Bigot wrote:Well, it's been just on 12 months since it appeared on Ric's site, so maybe it was a test to see who noticed the bizarre choice (it is indeed Jacob's Creek Sparkling Rose).

Weird how often you can look at something and not notice - surely I've averaged a visit a week in the last year.

Perhaps it would have been better not to notice - I'll see it every visit now.

(well at least this post means I won't be the only one :lol:

)

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:34 pm

Congratulations DJ, in just on a year you are the first to notice it and comment.

Brian hit the nail on the head when he said "from the sublime to the ridiculous" - and that's is the unpinning philosophy behind the site. ...... That and its only fermented grape fruit juice, and whilst we all take it very seriously, we should not lose site of the lighter side of things.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:43 pm

"Where nothing is taken seriously except the good plonk"

"plonk" of course being a corruption of Vin Blanc.

:shock:

Kieran

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:27 pm

Kieran wrote:
"plonk" of course being a corruption of Vin Blanc.

Kieran

Kieran,

That depends on what dictionary you look at. According to this definition its "Cheap or inferior wine" but goes on to say "[Short for earlier plink-plonk, perhaps alteration of French vin blanc, white wine : vin, wine (from Old French; see vinegar) + blanc, white (from Old French; see blank).]"

You may have missed that one little word.

But if you have a look at this Ozstralian one it says "Cheap wine or any liquor" No mention about any c-through!

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:14 pm

So the only thing taken seriously over there is good "cheap wine or liquor"? :twisted:

surely not...I saw a few reviews for Grange etc...

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:14 pm

Nah, it's a reference to how wine was made prior to basket presses.

They used to throw the bunches of ripe grapes high in the air and they would come down .....

Oh, and Ric has been sick for a long long time :lol:

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:03 am

Adam wrote:So the only thing taken seriously over there is good "cheap wine or liquor"? surely not...I saw a few reviews for Grange etc...

Yep,

Well Pengolds Grunge :wink:

is cheap in comparison to some of that French muck.

Dr Davo, Oh how your words stab right through my heart. :cry:

But you are right, that lobotomy did cause problems. :shock:

George Krashos · Post by **George Krashos** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:18 pm

More importantly, where are your latest SA Tour Diaries?

-- George Krashos

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:27 pm

George Krashos wrote:More importantly, where are your latest SA Tour Diaries?

-- George Krashos

From the start of this weeks Irregular Update.....

Welcome to this weeks Irregular Update, which is once again, not what I had originally planned. By now, I had hoped to be well into the Tour Diary production but the best intended plans can sometimes go to hell in a hand basket, and that is exactly what has happened. The problem can be summed up in one word, "staff." Due to circumstance beyond my control, I have had to work full time since I returned from my trip to SA in September. Staff leave, more staff leave, staff on extended sickness and having to train a new senior staffer has meant I have had 5/8th of almost no time to devote to wine writing! Not impressed!! .....